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criminal records in ireland..

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  • 27-08-2012 9:11pm
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    dublad2008
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    could some one please tell me,.. was arrested for public disorder and fined 125 in the court..guard told me i will have no records. is this true?.. will this ever show in my police report??
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    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    You said you paid a fine and the Garda said it would not be recorded. Was it a fine or was it a charitable donation.


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    dats_right
    Registered Users Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭dats_right


    If you were fined and convicted in Court then you have a criminal record, which you would normally be required to disclose when asked the question " Do you have any criminal convictions?".

    If, however, you were asked to pay money to a charity or somesuch you may have received the Probation Act, which is not recorded as a criminal record.

    You should contact the local District Court Office where you appeared in Court to check the position. Alterntaively, you can make a Data Protection Act request to An Garda Siochana to see what details are held on file for you.


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    McCrack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭McCrack


    dats_right wrote: »
    If you were fined and convicted in Court then you have a criminal record, which you would normally be required to disclose when asked the question " Do you have any criminal convictions?".

    If, however, you were asked to pay money to a charity or somesuch you may have received the Probation Act, which is not recorded as a criminal record.

    You should contact the local District Court Office where you appeared in Court to check the position. Alterntaively, you can make a Data Protection Act request to An Garda Siochana to see what details are held on file for you.

    I agree completely with this. To add to this, if you make a S4 request (data protection request) make sure you spell it out on the application that it is a S4 request, otherwise the Central Vetting Unit of the Gardai will send a pro forma response that tells you nothing (at least to a non-lawyer reading it) and make you believe that you do not have criminal record. I have come across this in practice and it's very misleading. Data Protection Office has been enlightened.


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    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    There will always be a record of your arrest and court appearance. What do you mean by police report?


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    Priori
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭Priori


    Not sure how the garda could have told you that... :confused:


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